Ladakh ("land of high passes") (
Ladakhi:
ལ་དྭགས la'dwags; ; ) is a region in the Indian Administered
Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the
Kuen Lun mountain range to the main Great
Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of
Indo-Aryan and
Tibetan descent. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of
Tibet.